Today in NY the lottery division gave players another way to bet on there favorite 3 or 4 digit game. If you are into the SUMS you can make more on a hit if the sum of your pick comes out. Example I play 404 everyday a sum of "8" , todays midday number was 224 which is a variation of the sum "8" so according to the payout chart , for that extra $1.00 bet you won $11.00 for that sum of "8" even though the 404 did not come out. Pretty slick for NY to come out with this after all these years. Just putting this outthere just to see if anyone is into SUMS.

Thank you Mink for explaining this. I just checked the numbers online and had no clue as to what was going on when I saw the sums result. But does this mean that I have to put an extra dollar on the ticket to win the sum result? I can't find any info on this on their website.

Obviously one does have to fork up the extra dollar. DUH! It was just so out of the blue and I did not even hear of any promotion for this, caught off guard, and thought, "WOW, they're giving you an extra shot for your initial investment!" Silly me. Hey, I just found out about the instant win option about two weeks ago.

I tried it last night (not a numbers player) and lost. Good idea, although I don't think it will be wildly popular.

BTW some members in the NY legislature recently wanted to cut the payout on most NY online games from 50% to 45% ($1 straight would pay $450/$4,500) and reduce the payout on NY Lotto from 40% to THIRTY-FIVE PERCENT!! And with a neighboring state paying 70% on Pick 3!!

To spend $1 to get 6.5 or $11 is just a poor use of money when you can make two additional bets on your dollar.

Don't waste yr money o this scam.

When I first saw the hype about LS I thought you were getting paid without an additional wager. I said wow--thye are giving the poor suckers something back-however small. Then I realized that the lucky sum bet is twice the regular 50 c bet.

Play Lucky sum only if the sum would gross you $200 at least.

That means only play Lucky Sum if the sums of your numbers you play (and you are confident in them) are:

0--1--2--3-

and

33--34-35-36

Anything else is wasting your money.

Pick3stats by one of our LP members can help you see the distribution oif sums graphically.